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Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling...

Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.

Quote by William Blake about god, mercy, love

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our...

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

Quote by Joseph Addison about country

Tragedy is thus a representation of an action that is worth serious attention, complete in itself and of some amplitude... by means of pity and fear bringing about the purgation of such emotions.

Quote by Aristotel about tragedy, emotions, attention, action, fear

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.

Quote by St. Francis Of Assisi about man, god

When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, ...

When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about law

You get a lot of that pitying, aggravating attitude from some people who think they are so elevated, and that, I think, is very much the Madonna style. I made a joke the other day that if Madonna doesn't like what I say about her she can always...

Quote by Boy George about joke, attitude, style, day, people

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more...

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about contempt, wealth

Mortality is a proper object to invite our pity, and...

Mortality is a proper object to invite our pity, and privation of life alone sufficient to move compassion in the living.

Quote by John Pearson about life

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we...

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Quote by Helen Keller about opinion, enemies, self-control, world

O father, do some pity take And I will no more verses make.

O father, do some pity take And I will no more verses make.

Quote by Isaac Watts about god

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

Quote by Lyman Abbott about opinion

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